Federal prosecutor being investigated turns tables and targets Karl Rove

Special Counsel Scott Bloch has been under investigation for a year and a half. So, he's turned the tables and has started his own investigation. Bloch seems to revel in his notoriety. Some interesting tidbits from the story:

Last year, Bloch abruptly canceled an award ceremony for the federal whistle-blower of the year

Whistle blowers want to be recognized? I thought the whole idea was to blow the whistle without being found out...

This will be a legitimate, thorough investigation. It will be fair, impartial according to the law and the facts," he told CNN. "We are an independent agency, which means that I cannot be removed from office except for malfeasance.

Bloch believes that he cannot be fired except for malfeasance. Define malfeasance, Mr. Bloch. Isn't it whatever the lawyers define it to be? Isn't that how the law works?

The Investigated Investigator - washingtonpost.com

"Alberto" Gonzales? It wasn't me

AG Gonzales has his feet put to the fire in Senate hearing on his role in firing 8 federal prosecutors.

Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator, said of Gonzales' recollection of his part in the dismissals:

"significantly if not totally at variance with the facts"

This, in case you cannot decipher Senate-speak, is other words for "lying."

I have this fantasy of becoming a Senator or Representative and grilling these empty suits with terse questions and then blasting them for not answering them.

"Mr Gonzales, you are either lying or your stupid. Which one is it?"

Gonzales plays down role in firings - Politics - MSNBC.com

"Alberto" Gonzales stands by decision to fire US Attorneys

He says the firings were justified, but he doesn't know why because he wasn't involved.

Sounds like faith-based logic to me. "I have never seen or spoken with God, but I know He exists."

That kind of reasoning is only appropriate to religion though. The rest of the world has to stick to facts. Sorry, "Alberto."

Gonzales: Firings were justified - Yahoo! News

Stonewalling Bush

It seems as though our president has taken stonewalling to a new high (or low, as the case may be). There's nothing that comes out of this administration that is, in the words of the president, "transparent." Everything is cloaked in secrecy, on a need-to-know basis.

I, for one, am sick and tired of this administration's skirting the law, flouting its power, and forestalling any and all oversight. Tony Snow said that the Congress had no constitutional right to oversight of the Executive branch. I'm no constitutional scholar, but I think Congress has a bitch here. Seems to me that the founding fathers, so often cited as if they're gods by this administration, intended that there by (grade school civics don't fail me now)...checks and balances.

Our whole government is predicated on this concept of checks and balances: No one branch can impose its will or bully its way into doing something. But President Bush and "Alberto" disagree. They believe that George indeed should be King.

The linked story is just one of many examples of how this administration stonewalls its overseers.

Subpoenas issued in fired prosecutors probe - Politics - MSNBC.com

More fallout from AG Gonzales' botched firings

It's only going to get worse for "Alberto." But he won't leave.